wow!!   so many posts to this thread, i might have missed it...  Jeremiah, what did you decide to do 

i like the look of the sammy . i still want a sammy 
 i built my truck to have fun  not to get attention   from jeep guys .   i read thru the post   and agrred withQuaddawg and he can back me up on this . 
if  3 trackers can crawl up on rock that the sammy with more lift and tires couldn't the first couple try  . what i'm saying is money for money you can not beat a trackick .  here 's my prove
this sammy tried to climb this rock  with many try

so he backed out .  and said " i'll be dam if these trackers make it"
then quaddawg   walk up

Looks like that Sammy doesnt have a locker.... And also lets face it experience counts, Just gunning the engine and pointing your samurai up a hill isnt always the best way to do it.

But seriously, You cant claim that all trackers are better than all samurais, a lot has to do with the build and experience.

Plus the tracker IS the newer vehicle, with more power and lessons learned from the samurai. In order for the Samurai to be the superior machine you would have to argue that Suzuki was stupid and screwed up the Kick.

I think the argument for samurais started with the cheapness of the build up, but of course everyyear the tracker/kick gets less expensive and every year scarcity makes sammys more expensive. SO in time the Tracker will obviously be the better choice.

Unfortunently for tracker guys, time will not make the Tracker as fun and cute as the samurai.

LOL..... Tracker not as fun??

Cute?  OK, a Sammy is cute...  cool.. glad we settled that.  I am a  300 pound, six foot plus, bald, grey bearded ex bike club enforcer.. what do I need with "Cute"

LOL... just kidding.


A $250 Tracker will go most places... how cheap do you need??


I hear ya rkteckt.......  just playing.


By the way, that Sammy WAS locked, and so was the full tube rock crawler buggy that spun more on that that rock than the Trackers did.. AND the Trackers weren't locked in front either..


AND, I am not claiming that Trackers are "BETTER" than Sammys.. that would be silly of me.  I am just saying that Trackers SEEM to go places easier than Sammys, with less spinning and less tippyness.. I have seen that time and time again.

99% of Trackicks have Fuel Injection, most have power steering, some have AC!! (I would love to have AC in my Track) Those two things alone make a Tracker better in some situations, and it's there stock.


Let's just say that if there were a STOCK Suzuki shoot out, my money would be on a Tracker.
Change that to Stock plus $1000 of mods? Still a Trackick.

But this is all in fun, as I am NOT DOGGING SAMMYS... I love the "Cute" little things...   

 I agree with quadawg

I guess if we had suzuki jimnys here we could make a better comparison, since the Samurai is an old design.

And im not saying Samurais are better, cause they arent, but I am saying that for years and years the Samurai was the cheaper build up because Trackicks were newer and worth more.  Now that Samurais are getting expensive they are becoming a cult classic instead of a cheap off roader.

And on the cute issue, Trogdor was in a parade recently and got more attention than hummers, vettes, old fire trucks and horse drawn wagons.....though the budweiser clydesdales stole the show. Kids were running out in the street and yelling 'I love your jeep!'

was it a really tricked out jeep? if not they are idiots cause the yellow sami is wicked

was it a really tricked out jeep? if not they are idiots cause the yellow sami is wicked

You know kids, if its a 4x4 and convertible its a 'jeep'